Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

In Columbine's Champagne Cellar at the Harlequin Café, 8047 Agnes, Detroit, Michigan (8045 Agnes), Marcus Belgrave, trumpet, faces away from the camera and obscures Dan Pliskow, double bass, as the...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles as he stands and plucks his fiddle beside Richard Ross, who is singing into a microphone at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. A drum set...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams takes a break from performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, by sitting at a table with his wife, Blanche Williams. He smiles at the camera...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins at the camera as he walks by the baby grand piano holding his fiddle and bow in his left hand as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins at the camera as he walks by the baby grand piano holding his fiddle and bow in his left hand as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles at the camera as he stands on stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, snapping his fingers of his right hand as he holds his fiddle and...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams focuses on his fiddle as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Richard Ross, singer, stands beside Claude on stage waiting for his...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams has a big grin on his face as he takes a little side step on stage, pumps the fist of his right hand, and holds his bow and fiddle down by his leg with his left hand. Larry...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends his knees and smiles as he plays his fiddle at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Larry Holloway plays the double bass behind Claude on...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends deep as he plays his fiddle on stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The double bass player, Larry Holloway, is blurred on the left...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams focuses on his fiddle as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Richard Ross, singer, stands beside Claude on stage waiting for his...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends deep as he plays his fiddle on stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The double bass player, Larry Holloway, is out of the photograph...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends toward his fiddle as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Larry Holloway is playing the double bass behind Claude on stage.

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends deep as he plays his fiddle on stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The double bass player is out of the photograph on the left side.

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands tall as he plays the fiddle at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, with Larry Holloway on the double bass at the back of the stage.

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands tall as he plays the fiddle at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, with Larry Holloway on the double bass at the back of the stage.

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends deep as he plays his fiddle on stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The double bass player, Larry Holloway, is in the dark on the...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits on barstool as he plays his fiddle and performs at the Savoy Lounge, 355 W. 41st Street in the Manhattan borough in New York City, New York. A sign hanging by chains on...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends toward his fiddle as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Larry Holloway is playing the double bass behind Claude on stage. His...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams moves his feet and leans into the music as he plays his fiddle at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Larry Holloway plays a double bass on the...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams seems to take a dance step as he plays his fiddle while performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Larry Holloway focuses on his double bass...

In a photograph from the side of the stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on the edge of the stage playing his fiddle and facing the...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams sways as he plays his fiddle at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, with Larry Holloway playing the double bass at the back of the stage.

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, from his left side, patiently holds his fiddle as he stands and watches two other men prepare the stage to perform at the Savoy Lounge, 355 W. 41st Street in Manhattan...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits at a table on the farthest left side of the photograph. A pink and blue rabbit head wearing a bow tie is a picture hanging on the wall to his left. The audience, facing...